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amazon ASUS Strix XG279Q Ultrafast Gaming Monitor reviews
ASUS Strix XG279Q – Among the manufacturers of components and accessories on the market today. ASUS is the company that has soon “engaged” in developing monitor models for gamers with a series of super-fast screen versions with both Strix series and TUF series to meet the different needs of gamers.
After a long time of launching a series of gaming monitor models, the culmination of which is the ROG Swift 360Hz version that has achieved a scanning speed of up to 360Hz launched during the CES 2020 event. , besides, ASUS also embarked on upgrading several “old” screen models on the market, such as the ASUS ROG Strix XG27VQ model launched in 2017 with advanced technologies over the years past.
As a replacement for this high-end Strix series gaming monitor, the company recently launched the ASUS Strix XG279Q super-fast monitor. Biareview had the opportunity to experience this monitor model to bring it to the review article for readers’ reference.
Are the upgrades that ASUS has brought to this new model of gaming monitor enough to “seduce” users to upgrade?
It must be said that at first glance, the ASUS Strix XG279Q is quite similar to the “predecessor” ASUS ROG Strix XG27VQ when it comes to possessing the familiar “flying saucer” design of the Strix product line, which has proven the quality of the product himself during the past few years.
This design is quite flexible with a tripod, a large spindle that simulates a rocket image with integrated red LEDs that illuminate the ROG logo below. A flexible spindle can rotate the screen at an angle of 90 degrees allowing the user to use the screen vertically.
The back of the screen is a plastic “mask” with textures simulating a spaceship. Still, unlike the ASUS ROG Strix XG27VQ version, it has a “smooth” back with only a ring of RGB LEDs around the monitor spindle. The new version of the ASUS monitor is equipped with an RGB LED-backlit ROG logo, fully compatible with the company’s AuraSync tuning feature.
This feature is controlled via a USB data cable. Making the monitor part of the ROG “ecosystem,” easily satisfying its fans when “showing off” their rigs with color lighting effects uniform on all components, forming a “harmony” of light simply without having too much “skill” mod machine.
The rest of the design elements of the ASUS Strix XG279Q are almost unchanged compared to the usual Strix series monitors.
You’ll still get a triple-bezel display with a slightly thicker bottom edge, but still among the thinnest among gaming monitors on the market today, 2 HDMI 2.0 ports, 1 DisplayPort 1.4, and two USB 3.0 ports passthrough for peripherals.
Most notably, ASUS keeps its screen model with 5-way control buttons and a relatively classic and complex menu control button system. Still, the company has also been very “keeping up with the times” when it comes to applications control the screen’s features through ASUS DisplayWidget Software instead of simplifying most of the menu features like the Gigabyte M27F model that the team introduced to readers recently.
The most powerful upgrade is the display’s visibility, which has been pushed to a new level, thanks to an IPS panel with a screen refresh rate of up to 170Hz, which is among the top among super IPS panels speed market today.
This same panel, combined with a super-bright LED backlight system, provides the best display for ASUS Strix XG279Q in 27-inch monitors on the market today.
Thanks to the IPS panel, the new ASUS monitor model achieves wide viewing angles and high color accuracy. The technical parameters are “advertised” extremely impressive such as reaching 125% of the SRGB color range or meeting 95% of the DCI-P3 color range for graphic designers. The color sense of the screen giving users is extremely clear and realistic, can be used to make amateur graphic and video designs without experiencing any significant color deviation.
The color uniformity is at a good level, with the difference not easily visible to the naked eye in areas to fully use the screen for both work and gaming purposes.
Especially if users can calibrate colors with specialized software and tools, the final E*94 color difference is impressive enough for professional design tasks.
But the most impressive thing for the writer is the ability to display HDR (High Dynamic Range) content with HDR400 standard thanks to the ability to increase local illumination of the backlight, creating a “new face” for games that support this feature.
Although the games that are compatible with this standard are still not many, some “blockbuster” games like Battlefield V or Horizon Zero Dawn PC, when opening the HDR feature, show a much more impressive graphics quality when playing regularly screens.
Even the display quality of HDR content of this monitor model is bolder and clearer than the ASUS TUF GAMING VG32VQ gaming monitor, which is the best HDR Ready monitor that the writer has ever evaluated.
Finally, up to 170Hz refresh rate and G-Sync tear-resistant technology are indispensable features in a modern gaming monitor, delivering a smooth display in every frame for gamers.
Overall, with small but impressive upgrades, ASUS Strix XG279Q has gone a long way in maintaining the “status” of the Strix product line among high-end gaming monitors with good quality on the market today.
It must be said that despite having a good design, the display quality is among the top in the group of high-end 27″ gaming monitors today, but ASUS Strix XG279Q also encounters some problems that make you need to consider.
First, the quality of the “out-of-the-box” image display is pleasing to the eye, but with dark scenes, the black depth is not good.
Part of the problem comes from the fact that the backlight is “forced to brighten” HDR standard content. At the same time, the screen itself is not equipped with Local Dimming technology; another part is due to The nature of the IPS panel is not as high as the VA panel, so in the front view, this weakness is very clear.
That’s why the ASUS Strix XG279Q is “competitive” strongly by the “elder” monitor model ASUS ROG STRIX XG35VQ or ASUS ROG Strix XG32VQR with nearly the same price.
Both of these screen models, although quite old, possess the ability to show limited HDR content, but the advantage of both these “competitors” is the higher display area in the same price range with the same panel. VA background gives a much higher contrast, suitable for the “taste” of fastidious users.
Therefore, unlike the previous ASUS ROG Strix XG27VQ, which was “alone” before, the new ASUS monitor model has to face a lot of “Asus product” in the same segment, causing users to consider many things than before “spending.”